Netinstall on RB411R and RB750

RouterOS General
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It looks like there is no way to do netinstall on the new RB411R
and RB750, since both of them don’t have Serial Port, right?

2

in the picture RB411R have serial port

3

which picture? no it doesn’t. wait for the newsletter

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this one
rb411ar-275x300.jpg

5

it’s not the RB411R

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So Normis, what about netinstall? :slight_smile:

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holding the small little button during boot will run the network booting option.

8

to be exact, push button, and plug in power, wait till router beeps and light goes off on the router. after that router will boot up from your netinstall. You should run netinstall before operation because wait time is rather short to start booting

9

Is this button visible in any of the published pictures?
I haven’t acquired any of these routerboards yet, so I can
only see the pictures :slight_smile:

Thank you

10

all routerboards have this button. pick up any you have

11

I guess you’re talking about what I long beleived was the
non working “reset hardware button” ha ha.

12

before it loaded the backup bootloader. now it has an additional function.

13

Sorry to bring this topic back, but I just tried netinstall on RB750 as described
but didn’t succeeded. Netinstall version 3.28 and RB750 with RouterOS 3.29

And looks like RB750 doesn’t have any beep during boot
Any help?

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u using port 1 ?

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same here, I got RB750 (bought for tests) and need to reinstall, no serial connector, netinstall dont see it and dont work, Im trying port 1 and port 5, no beep while booting, cause it dont have any speaker…

I tried to power off, push reset, and while holding reset turn power on, it seems to boot normaly, no change, but default configuration is loaded

I cant use default config, cause something on that RB is corrupted, while Im able to connect via telnet, run check installation, then I got plenty of error messages that I have to contact support :slight_smile: Wingox dont work, it says “could not get index: missing file”


so how can I reinstall this RB ?

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please look at the quick guide:
http://www.routerboard.com/pricelist/download_file.php?file_id=106

it says there:

Hold this button during boot time longer, until LED turns off,
then release it to make RB750 look for Netinstall servers.

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I try this before, 1st and 5th port, netinstall dont see that RB

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why do you need to netinstall anyway? did you try to reset it first?

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as I say, my installation of MT is corrupted, Im not able co connect via winbox, because it says “index missing” if I try to connect via telnet and run “check-install” than I got plenty of errors, that some files are missing. Yes I have tried to reset configuration, many times :slight_smile:

I already tried to upload new package through FTP, it says no enought space… I realy thint I got defective piece and I will try to make reclamation on this…



BTW: I realy hate this default configurations :slight_smile: especialy when RB dont have serial port and dont like my ethernet card so Im not able to connect to MAC address :slight_smile: I think I will stay with RB450 :slight_smile:

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  1. RB450 also has default configuration, exactly the same as RB750. Strange that you didn’t notice
  2. at first startup, RouterOS asks you if you want to remove it, this is an option
  3. Index Missing is not a RouterOS issue, but a Windows issue. Try to connect from another PC and make sure you use port 2-5

I really recommend you to read the simple steps on the cardboard box :slight_smile: